Scaleable UAV Navigator 

Seagull Technology, Inc.

Campbell, CA

Low- cost, high-performance GPS (Global Positioning System)/INS (Inertial Navigation System) navigator with low power requirements, UAV (Uninhabited Aerospace Vehicle) mountable, and scaleable in both performance and functionality.

 

• Prototypes flight tested in Sentry UAV, Hunter UAV and Sheibel CamCopter
• Achieved performance comparable to Nav/attitude system costing five times the price and weighing three times as much
• Further development and certification funding provided via a Cooperative R&D Contract with NASA LaRC

• Two patents obtained 1) US 6,223,105 B1 April 24, 2001 "System for Determining the Orientation in Space of a Moving Body Relative to the Earth." and 2) US 6,313,788 November 6, 2001 "Method and Apparatus for Reliable Inter-Antenna Baseline Determination”
• Limited rights to the technology for GIA-2000 manned aviation variant sold to Garmin International for $5M for general aviation applications
• GMA-2100 variant built to order by Seagull and distributed in scientific markets; several units in service for UAV and heavy vehicle applications
• Over $2M in additional development contracts received

• Air-Data Attitude Heading Reference System for glass-cockpit aircraft (5 prototypes in service with NASA LaRC)
• High-precision variant in service with the US Army for underground mapping using ground-penetrating radar from unmanned aircraft
• Land-vehicle variant in development for DOT (IDEA Program) to precisely measure position and heading for automatic train control
• Promising application to highly autonomous, highly resilient UAV program (NASA Goddard)

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